Woke up from a nap thinking of eating a late dinner and wanted to make a saucy dish to go over all the left over rice in the fridge. Two thoughts crossed my mind – lentil dal or spicy chicken with onions. Anyway, thats when I thought to myself that there MUST be recipes out there for lentils and chicken in the same dish. Did some searching on the net and found a bunch of Moroccan Chicken with Lentils (many of which seemed suspiciously similar to one another) which basically called for making brown or green lentils in a pot, dressing them with a red wine vinaigrette and topping with thinly sliced chicken breast spiced with cinnamon, cumin, and chili. I was going for more of a stewed-all-in-one pot, sticky, spicy lentil dish. So I kept the spices but nixed the vinegar dressing, used a pair of fat chicken thighs instead of the lean breast meat, and opted to cook the chicken and lentils together. The lentils at the top of the brew turned out chewy but not hard, while the ones at the bottom were soft and sticky making for a great dish over the left-over rice. YUM!
Sticky Chicken Lentils
June 15, 2008 by thenibs
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